FAITH CAPSULE: God’s plan will separate one before one can operate for God’s glory.

Genesis 37:1-24
 
Before the events that led Joseph into his dream journey, it was clear that Joseph’s integrity positioned him to be resented by his brothers at age seventeen. The Bible mentioned about how he brought a bad report of his brothers to his father. (Joseph 37:2) Joseph was the son of his father’s old age and He was loved more than his entire brother. He was the one that Jacob made a tunic of many colors for. Apparently, his father loved him more than all his brothers. Joseph’s position was not settled with his brother because of all of the above documentation.
Above all, he had dreams that point to his father, mother and brothers bowing down before him. It is written, “So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.”(Genesis 37: 10-11)Joseph’s relationship with his brothers was actually setting a stage that led him into his journey of life.
When Joseph stepped into his dream journey, he did not know that he was in the dream he had earlier. Joseph did not know that God’s plan will separate him before he can operate for God’s glory. Are you one like Joseph and have ended up in a situation you never planned for? Your situation seems like is too deep and too expensive for you to handle. Emotionally, physically and financially is your situation costing you more than you can ever imagine? You can be rest assured that God is able, and He alone will see you through it. Joseph was never alone because God was constantly with him as he walked in line of the word of God. Disallow walking outside of God’s word as you engage your world of challenge. Consider Joseph – they meant to kill him; God meant to lift him. Genesis 37:20, “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what shall become of his dreams.” The devil wants to stop you from getting to where God is taking you. He will use people closest to you to accomplish his mission. The deceiver used Joseph’s brothers in an attempt to deny Joseph from getting to his divine assignment. As Joseph stepped into his journey of life God set him up for His glory.
 
Prayer for today: As you step into your journey of life, ask God to set you up for His glory. He is an able God.